All pics taken today in Kunar Province.

Sergeant Austin Craig (C) talks to his fellow soldiers after taking enemy fire during an early morning patrol with the 4th Platoon, Dagger Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment near the village of Qandaro in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan’s Kunar Province July 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Soldiers (L-R) Private First Class Trent Pritchartt, Specialist Ben Purvis, Staff Sergeant James Davis, and Specialist Emmanuel Calus from the 4th Platoon, Dagger Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment take cover behind a stone wall during an early morning patrol near the village of Qandaro in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan’s Kunar province July 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Lieutenant Kenneth Rowe from the 4th Platoon, Dagger Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment yells to fellow soldiers after hearing insurgent gunfire during an early morning patrol near the village of Qandaro in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan’s Kunar province July 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Sergeant Edward Jackson (L) and Sergeant Andrew McMeley from the 4th Platoon, Dagger Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment run for cover after hearing insurgent gunfire during an early morning patrol near the village of Qandaro in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan’s Kunar province July 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Specialist Ben Purvis (R) and Private First Class Trent Pritchartt from the 4th Platoon, Dagger Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment climb down an embankment during an early morning patrol near the village of Qandaro in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan’s Kunar province July 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Specialist Ben Purvis reaches up to help Private First Class Trent Pritchartt from the 4th Platoon, Dagger Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment climb down an embankment during an early morning patrol near the village of Qandaro in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan’s Kunar province July 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)